An overachiever realizes that her beloved grandmother has spent their entire lives together preparing her for that moment when the role of caregiver suddenly shifts between them. Survivors recount how the marks of childhood trauma on the body, soul and psyche stubbornly reassert themselves until they are finally healed. We are afforded a look inside of marriages, new and established, to witness what happens when unplanned events cause relationships to derail and devolve into violence, death and divorce and what is allowed to spring forth in the aftermath. These authors’ shared sense of urgency, insight and resolution proves that the circumstances of our lives often bring forth extraordinary opportunities to look at where we’ve been and find the strength to begin again.